And now we resist”

Three testimonios on the importance of decoloniality within psychology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10220171
AutoresJanelle M Silva (0000-0002-4606-1795, University of Washington Bothell Washington USA, autor correspondente), Jesica Siham Fernández (0000-0002-5513-7413, Santa Clara University Santa Clara California USA), Angela Nguyen (0000-0003-1610-515X, University of California Santa Cruz California USA), Angela Thien Huong Nguyen (0000-0002-3768-4990, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Ano2022
Volume78
Fascículo2
Páginas388-412
Data de publicação2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josi.12449
OpenAlexW3164438945
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas39

In recent years, the field of psychology has turned to decoloniality as a potential epistemological standpoint and framework to understand how systems of power reproduce oppression (Fanon, 1963; Fernández, 2018; Maldonado‐Torres, 2016; Quijano, 2000). In classroom and community‐engaged research settings, critical community psychologists, specifically those grounded in a decolonial feminist epistemology (Bell, 2018; Dutta, 2018; Fernandez, 2018; Silva & the Students for Diversity Now, 2018), use this standpoint to analyze how they can co‐create opportunities for decolonial justice. Using testimonios as decolonial method, we reflect on how we resist colonialism within our work, specifically our teaching, research, and practice. Drawing on our lived experiences, which have been rendered unwanted subjects within the field, our testimonios are an example of how we individually and relationally engage decoloniality and decolonization as both praxis and pedagogy. Combined, we illustrate how relational reflective narratives through testimonio can illuminate the field's commitment to decolonial liberation and the dismantling of oppressive systems

Colonialism · Decoloniality · Decolonization · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Linguistics · Narrative · Ontology · Oppression · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Community Health and Development · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Social Representations and Identity